Biofilms are surface-attached groups of microbial cells encased in an extracellular matrix
that are significantly less susceptible to antimicrobial agents than non-adherent, planktonic …

Small colony variants (SCVs) were first described more than 100 years ago for
Staphylococcus aureus and various coagulase-negative staphylococci. Two decades ago …

Bacteria encounter a myriad of stresses in their natural environments, including, for
pathogens, their hosts. These stresses elicit a variety of specific and highly regulated …

Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent cause for serious, chronic and therapy‐refractive
infections in spite of susceptibility to antibiotics in vitro. In chronic infections, altered bacterial …

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a range of infections from
acute invasive to chronic and difficult-to-treat. Infection strategies associated with persisting …

Staphylococcus aureus is able to survive within host cells by switching its phenotype to the
small-colony variant (SCV) phenotype. The emergence of SCVs is associated with the …

The pathogen Staphylococcus aureus uses various strategies for persisting in the host,
among which switching to a small-colony variant (SCV) phenotype is of particular biological …

Staphylococcus aureus is an important agent of contagious bovine intramammary infections
in dairy cattle. Its ability to persist inside the udder is based on the presence of important …

The development of chronic and recurrent Staphylococcus aureus infections is associated
with the emergence of slow-growing mutants known as small-colony variants (SCVs), which …

Abstract Background Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are often found
together in the airways of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. It was previously shown that the P …